RCC Soccer Camp!

Later in the day after we danced in the rain we took the kids down to an elementary school in Kent where our church was hosting a free 2 day soccer camp. Last year Owen was old enough to go, but we decided to wait one more year so both the boys could go together.

 

 

After getting their shirts....that were the smallest size they came in...hilarious! They headed across the field to get their soccer balls.

 

 

Mr. Richie stopped by to get some Zeke snuggles. Mr. Richie is wonderful with the kids and he always and I do mean always has Skittles for the kids. Some of the kids actually call him the Skittle Man!

 

 

Look at how big these handsome boys are getting!

 

 

Since we arrived early the boys were able to just kick their balls around and play for a bit before the structured activities started.

 

 

They were expecting about 140 kids, but since it had been pouring that week I think a bunch of people decided to stay home. While we were there we just got drizzled on for about 5 minutes.

 

 

After a while we got out the blanket and settled down. Ella and Zeke had fun together!

 

 

She loves to maul her baby brother...thankfully he doesn't mind too much!

 

 

Maybe a little!

 

 

Then it was time to begin. First all the kids had to gather in the middle of the field and then they split the kids up according to gender. The boys lined up to do some warm up/stretching exercises.

 

 

Running across the field and then coming back bringing their legs up really high.

 

 

After stretches they split the kids up according to age and then they played some games.

 

 

Beautiful spectator!

 

 

This is Jack's friend Hansie...I hope I spelled that right. Jack talks about him all the time. They are in the same class at church. Jack is very much attached to Owen so it's been wonderful to see him branch out and make his own friends. I hope the friendship that these boys have started turns into a lifelong one!

 

 

Entertaining the little munchkin!

 

 

The final huddle of the night!

 

On our way we decided to treat the kids to caramel sundaes from MCD's.

 

 

Owen kept saying he didn't like caramel...blah blah blah...then he tried it! Surprise, surprise he liked it! Such a silly boy!

 

 

YUMMY!

 

 

Caramel lips!

 

 

This was probably a bad idea...

 

 

As you can imagine he and everything he could possibly touch or spill on was a sticky mess! It was fun though!

 

The next night Michael took the 3 older ones by himself so I could stay home and take care of some garage sale business. At the end of the camp each of the kids got to keep their soccer balls and their shirts. It was great fun and we can't wait for the boys to participate next year.